> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Whalen <pwhalen@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Sean Omalley <omalley_s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2017 10:48 AM > Subject: Re: [fedora-arm] Qemu aarch64 install > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > I tried to set up an aarch64 vm, and not really wanting to set up boot > > server > > and such. I just ran. > > > > > > virt-install \ > > --name Fedora_25_AArch64 --ram 2048 --arch aarch64 \ > > --disk size=8 --os-variant fedora25 \ > > --location > > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/25/Everything/aarch64/os/ > > --extra-args > > "inst.ks=https://pwhalen.fedorapeople.org/kickstarts/Fedora-Minimal-AArch64.ks"; > > > > It almost worked. I already had qemu-kvm set up for a windows partition for > > my vehicle obdII software probably with group install virtualization, then > > I > > installed qemu-system-arm and qemu-system-aarch64 along with edk2-aarch64 > > libguestfs-tools-c > > > > It bombed out at (I have the full install log including the backtrace but I > > didn't want to spam the list with it.) It appeared to be going okay for a > > while. It is using the 4.8.6-300 kernel, is there an SMP bug in it? Or any > > suggestions? > > Unfortunately you need allocate more ram, I generally use 4096, but you might > be able to get by with a little less. Using 2048 I can reproduce the same > result. > > The wiki does use 4096 in the example, but I'll make a note of the crash as > well. > > > --- > Thanks! I will try that! > > > It stopped exactly in the same place the second time I tried. I added --vcpus > 1. > > > When I tried through the Virt-manager gui and tried an http install it got > quite a bit further. It installed 312/485, then a similar error, then > continued and finally died at 408/485 with a server install, I wasn't sure > how to add the anaconda file so it was more packages. > > > I figured it created a swapfile if it needed more ram. It was the same > settings I gave win10 and what I typically give to linux x86 guests. We lose some ram on aarch64 due to cma allocation, its something that is actively being looked at. Anaconda also needs a fair amount of ram during the network install to copy files. Once the install is complete, you should be able to reduce the ram to 2048. Paul > > > Sean > _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to arm-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
